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We Create Demand. --Fetch Recruiting, Inc. --PwC Emerging Company Zone RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Principal Software Engineer (Networking), Burbank, Condusiv Technologies --Software Architect (Web Back-End), Burbank, Condusiv Technologies RECENT FUNDING EVENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How Rexter Is Turning Connections Into Business, with Andy Wilson ---- In the age of social networking, everyone has hundreds--even thousands--of connections online. But, to a business person, those connections and network are only good as the real life relationships they create. That's the idea behind Rexter (www.rexter.com), which recently raised seed funding to ramp up its software to put "LinkedIn on steroids". We spoke with CEO and founder Andy Wilson about how Rexter is looking to help business professionals further develop their relationships What exactly is Rexter? Andy Wilson: The core premise, is that the power of relationships as it relates to business success is overwhelming and (More...) http://bit.ly/X7w2cS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insights and Opinions: Document your tribal knowledge ---- What would you do if a key employee walked away or was hit by a bus? Dave Berkus talks about why it's important to document the "tribal knowledge" in your company in our latest Insights and Opinions contribution. (More...) http://bit.ly/11bxBIg --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fisker Automotive Hires Bankruptcy Lawyer ---- Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive has hired legal firm Kirkland & Ellis to advise the firm on a possible bankruptcy filing, accordig to reports over the weekend. The firm--which just furloughed its entire U.S. workforce last week--has been trying to find a buyer or investor for months. The maker of hybrid electric automobiles was last looking towards China for a buyer. MaxLinear Wins Set-Top Box Makers ---- Carlsbad-based RF semiconductor maker MaxLinear said today tht at a number of OEMs are using its silicon tuners in Internet video, set-top boxes. MaxLinear did not say which OEMs were using the firm's chips, however, the company said that the firm's chips are being used to provide free, over-the-air local broadcast channels on Internet video set-top boxes, which stream video from online providers like Netflix, YouTube, Hulu and Amazon Instant Video. MaxLinear said those OEMs are using its MXL603 chip. Toshiba Names Marketing VP ---- Tustin-based Toshiba America Medical Systems announced this morning that it has appointed Nancy Gillen as its Vice President, Marketing. Gillen has previously served at Philips HealthCare, as well as serving for more than 20 years at Siemens Healthcare. Toshiba said that Gillen will manage all marketing activities for the company. Toshiba America Medical Systems is a provider of CT, MR, ultrasound, X-Ray, and other equipment. Rhythm & Hues Acquired By Prana Studios ---- Visual effects and animation studio Rhythm & Hues has been acquired by Los Angeles-based Prana Studios, the firms said over the weekend. Prana is split between Los Angeles and Mumbai, India. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Rhythm & Hues was acquired out of bankruptcy. The visual effects studio most recently worked on the ""Life of Pi". Report: Goodreads Exit Worth Around $150M-$200M ---- It looks like the sale of book review and community Goodreads was worth between $150M to $200M, according to a report form AllThingsD Friday, potentially making the acquisition one of the better returns on capital from a Southern California technology startup in recent years. (More...) http://bit.ly/XhnJgR Factual Bumps Up Places Data ---- Factual, the Los Angeles-based provider of a giant online API and data storehouse of geolocation and other data, said Friday that it has released a new update to its US data, adding an additional 1.9 million places. The addition bumps up the total size of that data to 26.6 million places. Factual said that globally, it now has 66 million total places in its service. Factual's data storehouse is used by many other, web services to power geolocation and location-based services. Magento Names Global Sales VP ---- Culver City-based Magento, the e-commerce software provider which is now part of eBay's X.Commerce unit, said Friday that it has named Glenn Hasen as Vice President of Global Sales and Channels. Hasen joins the firm from Zend Technologies, where he directed worldwide field operations. He also has served at Pivotal Software and Computer Associates. Magento was acquired by eBay back in August of 2011. Inktank Ties With Austrian Professional Services Firm ---- Inktank, the developer and support provider for the open source, Ceph distributed storage software, said last week that it has linked with open source professional service firm hastexo. Los Angeles-based Inktank, which is a spinout of Dreamhost, said that two will link on architectural consulting, systems design and implementation, and courseware development for training on Ceph. Hastexo is based in Austria. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- TVC Capital LLC TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments in and Acquisitions of Growing Software Companies ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Binary Pulse Technology Marketing. We Create Demand. 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(Cheers) $2.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=48995 03/05/13 Carolus Therapeutics $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=48992 03/05/13 Epoxy $2.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=48991 03/05/13 FindTheBest.com $11.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=48990 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events This Month http://www.socaltech.com/Calendar socaltech.com Calendar of Southern California High Tech Events Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html April 1, Irvine -- “CONFESSIONS OF A VC” FRED WILSON Managing Partner — Union Square Ventures. Wilson has been a venture capitalist since 1987. Union Square Ventures’ notable investments include Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare and Zynga. UCI 2013 Top Trends In Tech Speaker Series. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23259 April 2, Santa Monica -- Co-Founders Wanted of Santa Monica. Co-Founders Wanted is an opportunity to find a co-founder for your business, or to help you find a business to join. Brought to you by CoFoundersLab, come meet other aspiring entrepreneurs and build the team to make your business happen. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23127 April 4, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs presents: Social + Local + Mobile Marketing Just as smartphones have forever changed the way consumers engage with the world around them, the way brands engage and attract their most valuable customers has changed. Rob Reed, CEO MomentFeed, will dicsuss the importance of accurate latitude/longitudes. It's an overlooked piece of data that very few (including Walmart) realize how important it is for locating their stores...or whatever you want to locate these days. A key component in connecting, bridging the technology fragmentation divide and making Social + Local + Mobile marketing a scalable reality. This event is restricted to CEOs only. . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23293 April 4, Santa Monica -- Karlin Ventures Community Office Hours. Interested in receiving feedback on your start-up idea or simply want to chat about your experience running a company? Karlin Ventures invites you our new community office hours, an exciting new initiative launched in conjunction with the ROC in Santa Monica.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23203 April 4, Newport Beach -- OCTANe Firsty 4/4/2013. Join the OCTANe community and the CHI network at Tommy Bahamas in Newport Beach for Firsty on April 4. Network with over 200 people and meet members of the organization that focuses on fueling innovation in the OC and the organization that is devoted to advancing biomedical research and innovation. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23284 April 4, Agoura Hills -- Key Growth Industries Along the 101 Corridor: What Makes Them Different? Gold Coast Business Forum presents a panel of representatives from technology, life science and aerospace companies who will give an overview of the growth these industries are experiencing along the 101 Corridor and what can be learned by these companies and their experience with recent growth.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23287 April 4, Los Angeles -- STARTUP CINEMA: Sales Movie Night. We're holding an event for LA salespeople in tech. The purpose of the event is to introduce salespeople to the tech community and to help salespeople already in the tech community advance their careers. We're ending the event with a screening of the classic sales movie, Glengarry Glen Ross. If you don't know this movie, you're probably in customer service, engineering or wildlife preservation -- i.e. not in sales. You'll walk away from this event with at least some more cinema knowledge, and at best, a better salesperson. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23304 April 5, Los Angeles -- ThursdayNights LA Service Day/ When was the last time you went out to do some good 'ol community service? ThursdayNights is partnering with local tech incubators and organizations for a BIG LA Tech Service Day on April 5. Shut your doors down early and bring the team out to help some at risk youth. Then we'll all celebrate with happy hour!. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23189 April 9, Walnut -- NextGen Challenge OC Spectator - Finals @ Chapman. The NextGen ChallengeOC is a multi-round pitch competition open to entrepreneurs seeking funding with a focus on not only exposure to potential funding partners and cash prize, but preparing to successfully launch and grow. Have you ever thought about starting a business? Have you started a business and need a mentor or advice to prevent you from making basic mistakes? Do you have a business ready to move to the next level but need capital? NextGen Challenge OC, the signature event for Startup Orange County (the OC Chapter of Startup America), is making a call for entrepreneurs to enter the competition. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23265 April 10, Costa Mesa -- Using Electronic Health Data to Address Questions of Clinical Utility and Economic Value for Medical Devices. OCTANe. Med Tech companies are facing challenges in commercializing their innovative products and increasingly need to demonstrate clinical utility and economic value to obtain coverage and reimbursement. Providers are assuming greater financial risk for patient care as payers move away from service based reimbursement towards more bundled and population based payments. Electronic health data (medical records, lab information, patient reported outcomes, claims, etc.) are a valuable source of tracking patient outcomes and costs and reporting on quality indicators. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23278 April 10, Irvine -- SBIR/STTR Grant Development Series. OCTANe and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering (HSSoE) have formed a collaborative partnership in an effort to bring more small business innovation research grants to Orange County and the UCI campus. In addition to HSSoE, UCI participation includes faculty from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, and School of Physical Sciences. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23279 April 10, Westlake Village -- Maverick Angels - Southern California Deal Line Up. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23095 April 18, Los Angeles -- DMW Games. DMW Games, formerly known as LA Games Conference, is an expanded two-day DMW Conference and will feature 3 tracks with fireside chats, panels, demos and presentations on digital game creation, distribution, monetization and marketing. Over 700 leaders in the industry will gather at the DMW'S Annual Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment. Participants include top representatives from game publishers, developers, advertising, investment firms, social networks, technology providers and content companies as well as analysts and press. See http://dmwgames.com/ . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22975 April 18, Los Angeles -- DMW Games. DMW Games, formerly known as LA Games Conference, is an expanded two-day DMW Conference and will feature 2 tracks with fireside chats, panels, demos and presentations on digital game creation, distribution, monetization and marketing. Over 500 leaders in the industry will gather at the DMW'S Annual Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment. Participants include top representatives from game publishers, developers, advertising, investment firms, social networks, technology providers and content companies as well as analysts and press. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23244 April 19, Los Angeles -- DMW Games. DMW Games, formerly known as LA Games Conference, is an expanded two-day DMW Conference and will feature 3 tracks with fireside chats, panels, demos and presentations on digital game creation, distribution, monetization and marketing. Over 700 leaders in the industry will gather at the DMW'S Annual Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment. Participants include top representatives from game publishers, developers, advertising, investment firms, social networks, technology providers and content companies as well as analysts and press. See http://dmwgames.com/ . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22976 April 19, Los Angeles -- DMW Games. DMW Games, formerly known as LA Games Conference, is an expanded two-day DMW Conference and will feature 2 tracks with fireside chats, panels, demos and presentations on digital game creation, distribution, monetization and marketing. Over 500 leaders in the industry will gather at the DMW'S Annual Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment. Participants include top representatives from game publishers, developers, advertising, investment firms, social networks, technology providers and content companies as well as analysts and press. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23245 April 25, Los Angeles -- Growth Capital Conference. Network with capital sources, advisors, deal makers and 100 entrepreneurs seeking capital & counsel. DEAL DISPLAYtm showcases attractive firms needing growth capital. View products, videos, online demos. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23226 April 25, Costa Mesa -- Making Strategic Partnerships & Acquisitions Successful: What You Need to Know. OCTANe. Burton M. Goldfield knows a few things about strategic acquisitions. In the past three years, his company, TriNet, has made four very strategic acquisitions and quadrupled in size. People, people, people! That’s the key – figure out what motivates the people and ensure that y ou take care of them first. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23280 April 25, Culver City -- The Capture, Care and Feeding of Your Technical Animals By the CTO who won the LA Business Journal’s 2012 CTO of the Year Award and his team. AITP. Come hear a case study by the team headed by Mark Long, LA Business Journal’s 2012 CTO of the Year Award winner, on how they successfully moved their company’s talent acquisition efforts to become a magnet to hire great employees, fewer contractors, and built an excellent team. The Vision, the Restructuring, and the Implementation of talent acquisition. . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23183 April 26, San Diego -- 14th Annual High-Tech Night @ the Opera. Join San Diego's leading tech executives, investors and innovators for a lovely networking event at San Diego Opera. The featured opera is Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23292 April 26, Santa Maria -- Startup Weekend Santa Maria. No talk, all action. Launch a startup in 54 hours! Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. 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